[Bryan D]

Sorry to hear about your team. But as far as the multi-school idea, it seems to work really well for us. Personally I enjoy the idea because it gives you access to more resources and a whole bunch of new people to have fun with! A couple of things with this are communication and too much school pride(it may sound weird but can cause problems). The solutions we have to these problems are:

Communication: This one is rather simple to solve so long as your team has easy access to the internet. We use an e-group that all of our members are signed up with. If something needs to go out to the entire team you simply send the e-mail/message through the group and everyone will get it. It's great for sharing meeting times, important dates, etc.

School Pride: Yes this sounds foolish, but if you have multiple high schools in your area I'm sure you've noticed this with sports teams. We're lucky enough to have a local shop sponsored to us to work in. We do use still use the schools for they're resources but our main spot for the robot is the local shop. Also extra advice for this one is to NOT name your team after one high school.

I'm not sure how much this information has helped you, but good luck with finding funds and members! Just get out there and spread the great word of FIRST.